RAC CANADA DAY Contest
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VC6RAC operating from VE6JY:
Operators : VE6's: BF, BMR, BMX, DGG, FR, JY, LCB, LDX, SLV, PV
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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160CW 23 23 246 6
160SSB 33 33 304 6
80CW 104 103 814 8
80SSB 318 316 2878 11
40CW 80 77 566 9
40SSB 342 337 2952 11
20CW 423 422 2196 11
20SSB 1311 1303 7040 12
15CW 18 18 160 6
15SSB 79 78 418 6
10CW 6 6 70 3
10SSB 23 23 120 4
6CW 2 2 12 1
6SSB 23 23 54 1
2CW 8 8 90 2
2SSB 64 64 650 2
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Totals 2857 2836 18570 99
Final Score = 1,838,430 points.
It was hard to believe this was the summer contest (no, not the weather
- summer is finally here after a long delay) but the conditions on the bands
were like mid winter - like working the east coast on 40 at noon and thruout
the afternoon. 80 was as good as I can ever remember, sure the static was high
but there were a lot of east coast stations that were strong enough to be
worked. 20 behaved as expected - never closed and the European signals kept us
awake all night. 15 was on the edge of being open, but did yield some
multipliers. 10 and 6 were mostly local for VE's but a number of US sttaions
did make it in the log. Short skip to Sask and BC was tougher than usual, and
we had to really work for those mults on 10 and 15.
We ran as many as 6 HF stations (4 SSB, 2CW) at peak times, but usually
4 was enough. Another position included 6m and 2m. Computers used at most
locations, running TRlog which supports the RAC contests and performed very
well. All 6 logs merged and a rough final score ready just minutes after the
end.
Nothing broke or smoked during the contest but the week leading up to
the contest had it's share of rotor problems. The word "tailtwister" isn't a
popular one at the moment around here.....
We had set 1 million as a goal, although not much money would been wagered in
favour of that happening. 8 hours into the contest saw us pass our contact
total (1451) and equal our mult total (73) so by then we started to think about
approaching 2 million. That was optimistic but had 15 opened a bit more....
Lots of participation both in and outside of Canada, although I'm sure a major
part of that was the VC6 prefix. I sure heard a lot of the ops say "QSL route
via VE6JY" so just when I thought I was getting caught up in the QSL
department...
Other interesting stats: 606 stations gave us 001 as an exchange.
Provincial Breakdown:
ON 534
BC 293
AB 238
PQ 143
NS 99
SK 72
NB 61
MB 53
NF 46
PE 16
YU 7
NT 3
Continent List
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL
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USA calls = 10 72 43 655 52 15 847
VE calls = 46 343 325 706 42 14 1476
N.A. calls = 0 2 10 14 0 0 26
S.A. calls = 0 2 13 6 2 0 23
Euro calls = 0 0 0 288 0 0 288
Afrc calls = 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Asia calls = 0 0 0 16 0 0 16
JA calls = 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Ocen calls = 0 0 23 34 0 0 57
Unknowns = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total calls = 56 419 414 1725 96 29 2739
Thanks to all who gave us a contact, as usual the spirit of co-operation was
very evident in the willingness of other stations to QSY to other bands and
modes for that all important multiplier. A pre contest BBQ and and all
the rest made for a great Canada Day out here....
73 de VE6JY / VC6RAC (for only July 1)
VE6JY is Don Moman email: ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Box 127 Lamont, Alberta
T0B 2R0 (403) 895-2925
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